The Long Beach State athletic director, Vic Cegles, is close to lining up a couple of prestigious opponents for Dan Monson's basketball team next season, Wisconsin and Syracuse. The good news is that Long Beach will receive a sizable guarantee for such road appearances. The bad news is that Monson is guaranteed two losses before the season even commences...

A guaranteed loss, huh? I guess the writer has never heard of Drexel, Bucknell, Wichita State, UMass or Rhode Island.